All Entries in the "Community and Arts Life" Category
Learn about food, Earth sustainablility at Pale Blue Dot event
The Nature Museum at Grafton will present “Food for Thought,” a daylong event exploring the interrelationship between food and nature to be held on Saturday, May 26. Participants will explore sustainable food systems and the cultural food revolution. This event is part of the Museum’s Pale Blue Dot program series. Authors, musicians, farmers, business owners […]
Pause to walk for Humane Society’s Paws About Springfield
The Springfield Humane Society will be holding its annual “Paws About Springfield” walk-a-thon on Saturday May 19, with a goal of collecting $3,000. The Humane Society is looking for eager walkers of all ages to collect pledges and bring their leashed tail-wagging companions to take a healthy walk to help save animals. Registration begins at […]
Plan your Green Up Day, May 5th
Every spring, Green Up Vermont sponsors a day of road cleaning to sweep away the winter’s trash. This year, volunteers will be Greening Up on Saturday, May 5th. Anyone interested in helping with a section of one of Chester’s roads can contact the Town’s Green Up coordinator, Frank Kelley at fjmkelley@gmail.com. He will put you […]
Lego assembly clicks at St. Luke’s
About 75 children and adults were present as 33 Lego scene creations were entered in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s Lego scene contest on Saturday April 14th. The contest was open to children from pre-K to grade 6 with the proceeds going to benefit St. Luke’s and the Whiting Library Children’s Room. The church was abuzz […]
Easter Bunny arrives in Chester
The Easter Bunny hopped into Chester Saturday morning under blue skies and to the welcoming smiles of 75 kids and their parents, as the Chester Rotary once again hosted its Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Chester-Andover Elementary School. Chocolate eggs were spread like grass seed across lawn, garden and the Castle playground by Rotary members, […]
Restoration brightens, gives accessibility to Stone Church
By Cynthia Prairie When congregants returned in January to the historic First Universalist Parish in the Stone Village after a four-month restoration project, they were met with jewel red carpeting and sunny yellow walls that draw eyes to the stunning stained glass windows. But the major aspects of the $270,000 project involved adding safety features […]
Whiting Library to institute late fees beginning April 2
For the first time in its 120-year history, the Whiting Library will begin charging patrons a late fee on any item not returned by the due date. The policy change takes place Monday, April 2. Each late item – whether a book, DVD, audiobook or CD – will be assessed 20 cents for each day […]
VTica features student artwork
On the cover: From left, artwork by Hannah Potter, Nicole Wright, Casey Savage and an unidentified student. by Stephen Seitz Green Mountain Union High School art students are getting a chance to spread their wings this week at a special exhibit at the Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts in Chester. The institute specializes in abstract […]
Calling all kids: Rotary Easter Egg Hunt on April 7
The Rotary Club of Chester will kick off the annual Easter Egg Hunt, which it has been holding for more than 30 years, at 9 a.m. sharp on Saturday, April 7, at Chester-Andover Elementary School, on Main Street in Chester. Chester and Andover children from preschool to 6th grade are invited to participate. The Easter […]
Summer Conservation Camp scholarship available to Chester-area student
The Chester Conservation Committee will sponsor one Chester-area student, 12 to 16 years old, to attend the State of Vermont’s Green Mountain Conservation Camp this summer. One-week sessions, with separate camp sessions for boys and girls, run from June to August in two locations: Buck Lake in Woodbury and Kehoe Camp, located on Lake Bomoseen […]
Two GMUHS students to perform in OTW opera
The Opera Theatre of Weston announces that 31 students from all over southern Vermont – including two from Green Mountain Union High School – will be performing in the January 2013 OTW production “Noye’s Fludde” by Benjamin Britten. Four others are from Ludlow and Grafton schools. Following auditions, 25 students were selected for the chorus. […]
New, consolidated supervisory union may be on horizon
by Rebecca Salem In an effort to streamline operations to cut education costs by reducing the number of supervisory unions, the Rutland Windsor and Windsor Southwest supervisory unions have recommended merging. A new SU would include the WSWSU towns of Chester, Andover, Baltimore and Cavendish and RWSU towns of Ludlow, Mt. Holly and Plymouth. The […]
News briefs: Town Dem Caucus March 24; April jobs fair; Windsor Ag Fair seeks farm, craft vendors
The Chester Town Democratic Committee will hold its Post-Primary Presidential Democratic Town Caucus beginning at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 24, in the conference room of the Whiting Library, 117 Main St., Chester, VT. All Democrats are invited to attend. The purpose of the Caucus is to elect delegates from the Town of Chester to the […]
Community briefs: Horse health seminars
South Woodstock, VT: Green Mountain Horse Association will be hosting a full day of equine-related seminars starting with “Aiding Vermont’s Horses” presented by Gina Brown, director of Spring Hill Horse Rescue of Clarendon. Topics of “Colic: How to Make Life-saving Decisions” and “Is it Just a Cough” will be presented by Dr. Daniela Bedenice of […]
Community News Briefs
Whiting Library celebrates computerized catalog The Whiting Library its retiring its outdated card catalog system to join the majority of libraries around the world by offering computer access to its collection. LibraryWorld software allows searching in ways that the card catalog could not and assists circulation services in ways not possible in the past. To […]
TARPS wins $2,000 in grants
Susan Lampe-Wilson of The Animal Rescue and Protection Society in Chester has announced that the shelter has been awarded theanimalrescue.com’s top prize for Vermont in Rounds 1 and 3 of its Shelter Challenge. TARPS’ shelter has received two grant checks for $1,000 each. The Shelter Challenge is a partnership between The Animal Rescue Site and […]
Chester Farmers Market to close
The eight-year-old Chester Farmers Market won’t be returning for the 2012 season, its officers have announced. For the past five years, vendors had set up at the Zachary’s Pizza House parking lot every Sunday from Memorial Day weekend through Columbus Day weekend. Shawn Cunningham, market vice president, said a combination of factors lead to the […]
Chester in 2010: A Snapshot
We are mostly white, middle-aged and female and most of us live in a home that we either own or is owned by a family member. This is Chester 2010, according to the most recent figures from the U.S. Census, which are being released throughout the year. Among our population of 3,154 (up 110 residents […]
New Voices at Misty Valley Books
Misty Valley Books presents its 18th Annual New Voices Authors Weekend on Saturday, Jan. 28. Beginning at 9:30 a.m., everyone is invited to go cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing with the authors at the Grafton Ponds (843-2231) 2 p.m., join the authors for their readings and a reception. This year, to be held at the Vermont […]
Handmade Quilts for Sale at Family Center
Chester fiber artist Dorothy Riley Blomberg has donated eight colorful handmade quilts for sale to benefit the Chester Andover Family Center, 656 Depot St. The finely crafted quilts are suitable for a baby’s bed or as an artistic wall hanging. The quilts are on sale for $20 to $50 with all proceeds going to the […]
